The Shemwell Family

Thomas Reed “Tommie” WilliamsAge: 17 years19051922

Name
Thomas Reed “Tommie” Williams
Given names
Thomas Reed
Surname
Williams
Nickname
Tommie
Birth 1905 30 19
Birth of a sisterMarie Williams
1907 (Age 2 years)
Census May 11, 1910 (Age 5 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 11 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 12 years)

Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I
Historical Event
Spanish Influenza Epidemic
1918 (Age 13 years)

Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/
Census January 12, 1920 (Age 15 years)
Death 1922 (Age 17 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Old Lamine Cemetery
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father
mother
Marriage: October 6, 1901Cooper, Missouri, United States
9 months
elder brother
4 years
himself
Thomas Reed “Tommie” Williams
Birth: 1905 30 19Kansas, United States
Death: 1922Cooper, Missouri, United States
3 years
younger sister

Thomas Reed “Tommie” Williams has 15 first cousins recorded

Father's family (0)

Mother's family (15)

Parents James Bruce Potter + Flora Dell Whitlow
1Ora Bell Potter18971962
2Octa Potter18981979
3Nettie May Potter19031997
Parents Dorsey John Whitlow + Myrtle “Mattie” Parks
1Eva Dell Whitlow19081973
2M Lorraine Whitlow19171999
Parents Henry Clay Whitlow + Nellie Elizabeth Mercer
2Private
3Private
4Private
5Private
6Private
8Private
9Private
Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Obie Reed Williams - Household

441 9th Street Dewey, Washington, Oklahoma

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Williams, Obie RheadMW34M9MOKYKYForemanCement Plant
Williams, DolliewifeFW24M933MOMOMO
Williams, WalkersonMW7SMOMOMO
Williams, ThomassonMW5SKSMOMO
Williams, MariedaughterFW3SKSMOMO